Buttonhole-protector and neckband-guard.



R. B. JOHNSON. IBUTTONHOLE PROTECTOR AND NEGKBAND GUARD.

APPLIOATION PILED'APR.13, 1909.

947,104. Patented Jan. 18, 1910.

RICHARD BRADFORD JOHNSON, 0F GOLTS, MARYLAND.

BUTTONI-IOLE-PROTECTOR AND NECKBAND-GUARD.

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Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Jan; 18, 1910.

Application filed April 13, 1909. Serial No. 489,601.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD BRADFORD Jon'NsoN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Golts, in the county of Kent and State of Maryland, have invented new and useful Improvements in Buttonhole- Protectors and Neckband Guards, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to buttonhole'protoctors and neck band guards, and one of the principal objects of the same is to provide a simple and inexpensive device for application to the outer layer of the back buttonhole pocket of a shirt to prevent said layer from being starched down to the neck band of a shirt during the ironing process.

Persons who send their shirts to laundries are very much annoyed by the outer layer of the rear portion of the neck band being starched down to the inner layer of said band and also the buttonhole being filled with starch and requiring the use of a bodkin to insert the head of the button. When the outer layer of the button pocket is starched down to the neck band it is quite difficult to release the same, and in .many instances the shirt is injured during this oporation.

The principal object of my invention is to provide a simple device to be applied to the outer layer of the buttonhole pocket, said device being preferably formed of wire and provided with two members to practically surround the butto-nhole upon both sides of the layer prior to the ironing process in the laundry. The protector and neck band guard prevent the outer layer of the neck band from being starched to the inner layer and also protects the buttonhole from being ironed flat and stuck together with the starch.

The objects and advantages referred to may be attained by means of the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which,-

Figure 1 is an elevation of the rear portion of the neck band of a shirt and showing the buttonhole protector and neck band guard in position for use. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig.

3 is a detail perspective view, showing the buttonhole protector and neck band guard. on an enlarged scale.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates the fragmentary portion of the back of a shirt, and 2 is the neck band of said shirt. As usually made, shirts are provided with an outer layer 3 of material surrounding the neck band, said layer being disconnected in the center, asat 4:, from the neck band to provide a pocket for the rear collar button. This layer 3 is liable to become starched down to the neck band 2 in the process of ironing the shirt. To pre vent this annoying occurrence I haveprovided a. impledevice consisting of a single length of wire bent to form the parallel buttonhole protecting members 5, said two members being of substantially elliptical form, as shown in the drawing and connected together by the. parallel shanks 6, said shanks being united by the bend 7 in the Wire.

The manner of applying my protector and guard may be briefly described as follows: After the shirt has been washed, starched and dampened priorto the ironing process the protector and guard is applied by placing the parallel loops 5 one upon each sideof the'layer 3 to surround the butt-onhole a at the back of the neck band.

There will be sufficient resiliency in the protector and guard to hold itself in place with the protecting members asurrounding the the protector and guard can be manufactured at slight cost, will effectually prevent the ironing downfand closing of the button hole pocket and at the same time will prevent the ironing of the buttonhole.

I claim A buttonhole protector and guard formed from aslngle strand of wire and comprising parallel loops, a pair of parallel shanks tending from each 100p said shanks being l In testimony whereof I aflix my signature united by a begd in thle Wire, whereby said in presence of two Witnesses.

rotector Ina e attac led to the neck band f a shirt to inclose the buttonhole and to RICHARD BRADFORD JOHNSOA' 5 prevent the buttonhole from being clogged Witnesses:

by the starch during the process of ironing A. G. Cox, the garment. ANNA Cox. 

